Still Life 2020

[orgraph]

2020-11-09 Foma 200002-02 web900 by Yuriy Sanin, on Flickr

[ShugPug]

A seasonally appropriate couple of decorations



20201224-Close_Ups_Experiments_FP4_SPULF (2 of 2)-Edit by Alex Morrison, on Flickr

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[paulbarden]

Two years ago a friend gave me an unopened box of Kodak Lantern Slide Contrast plates, Contrast 3, (Orthochromatic, marked “develop before October 1953”!!) and I had no idea what to use them for, as they were an odd size (3.5" X 4.25"). Well, today I was thinking about Jason Lane's Dry Plates and remembered I had these old Kodak plates available, so I stuck one in a film holder with masking tape, stuffed it in my Intrepid 4x5 with the Kodak Ektar 203mm lens at f16, and this exposure was 4 minutes.
Its contrasty but has some middle tones. With J. Lane plates in mind, I developed this in Dektol 1:2 for 3 minutes. I tried one with D-76 and it just added too much fog, so I will stick with Dektol 1:2

Merry Christmas, folks. Lets hope 2021 is better than 2020 was. Ugh.
See it full size here

[Ben Calwell]

[QUOTE=paulbarden;1581069]Two years ago a friend gave me an unopened box of Kodak Lantern Slide Contrast plates, Contrast 3, (Orthochromatic, marked “develop before October 1953”!!) and I had no idea what to use them for, as they were an odd size (3.5" X 4.25"). Well, today I was thinking about Jason Lane's Dry Plates and remembered I had these old Kodak plates available, so I stuck one in a film holder with masking tape, stuffed it in my Intrepid 4x5 with the Kodak Ektar 203mm lens at f16, and this exposure was 4 minutes.
Its contrasty but has some middle tones. With J. Lane plates in mind, I developed this in Dektol 1:2 for 3 minutes. I tried one with D-76 and it just added too much fog, so I will stick with Dektol 1:2

Merry Christmas, folks. Lets hope 2021 is better than 2020 was. Ugh.
See it full size here
[/QUOT


That is very nice. Well done!

[paulbarden]

That is very nice. Well done!

Thanks, Ben! Much appreciated.

[otto.f]

Great still indeed!

[Ulophot]

1953 -- Wow! Maturation date only one longer than I have been alive -- and I'm already 39!

[Barry Kirsten]

A fine image in its own right. Your judgement was spot on, Paul. I like it very much.

[Tin Can]

Very well done. your window is often useful!

One question Paul,

Did you reverse process and make it into an actual Lantern Slide?

Two years ago a friend gave me an unopened box of Kodak Lantern Slide Contrast plates, Contrast 3, (Orthochromatic, marked “develop before October 1953”!!) and I had no idea what to use them for, as they were an odd size (3.5" X 4.25"). Well, today I was thinking about Jason Lane's Dry Plates and remembered I had these old Kodak plates available, so I stuck one in a film holder with masking tape, stuffed it in my Intrepid 4x5 with the Kodak Ektar 203mm lens at f16, and this exposure was 4 minutes.
Its contrasty but has some middle tones. With J. Lane plates in mind, I developed this in Dektol 1:2 for 3 minutes. I tried one with D-76 and it just added too much fog, so I will stick with Dektol 1:2

Merry Christmas, folks. Lets hope 2021 is better than 2020 was. Ugh.
See it full size here

[paulbarden]

Very well done. your window is often useful!

One question Paul,

Did you reverse process and make it into an actual Lantern Slide?

Thanks, Randy.
I developed this as a negative, which is what you get with this material by processing it as if it were film. I think it was made to make slides either by printing a negative on it, or by some reversal process.